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Manuscripts, Letters a.o. Written Documents, lot numbers 1291-1308

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Lot details		 ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS -- AL-GHARNĀTĪ, Muhammad ibn Ahmad Al-Sharîf (died 761/1358 in Granada). Raf' al-hujub al-mastûra fî mahâsin al-Maqsûra. Commentary with many historical and biographical data on Al-Qasîda al-Maqsûra al-Alfiyya by Hâzim al-Qartajannî (d. 684/1285). This is a laudatory poem composed by the author for the ruler of Tunis, Al-Mustansir bi-Allâh (645-75/1249-77). GAL I, 269 and GAL S I, 474. (The text was printed in Cairo, 1344, in 2 vols.). Mod. hcf. binding. (Inner upper hinge cracked, a bit wormed, stained throughout, the acidity of the dark ink in places affected some of the manuscript's paper leaves, repairs to margins at the beginning and the end).
estimate EUR 2.000
result EUR 2.200
¶ A complete Maghribi manuscipt of 263 fols. (2 vols. in 1), in the production of which several scribes have cooperated. Vol. 1 (fol. 133a) dated 13 Safar 987 Hijra (1579 A.D); vol. 2 of the same period but undated.
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Lot details		 ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS -- AL-GHAZZĀLĪ (d. 1111), Ihyâ' 'ulum al-dîn. A fragment of 88 large lvs. in splendid Andalusian calligraphy of the Almohad era (12th or early 13th century). Loose lvs. within a paper wrapper in a portfolio. (Margins dam./gone in places (with loss of text), some worming and staining throughout).
estimate EUR 3.000
result EUR 4.400
¶ Containing approximately one quarter of the whole work (mainly from the second quarter or "rub'"). The script as well as the colours used for the headings of chapters and paragraphs, as also as for rubrics, show close relationship to a manuscript of Ibn Tûmart's Kitâb, dated 579/1183, preserved in the National Library of France, in Paris (Ar. 1451). A page from that manuscript was reproduced by F. Deroche (and others), Manuel de codicologie des manuscrits en écriture arabe, Paris 2000, p. 130. Al-Ghazzalî's Ihyâ' was banned and burnt during the Almoravid era (first half of the 6th/12th century), but rehabilitated and honoured by the Almohad dynasty. This manuscript is a rare witness of the renewed prestige Al-Ghazzâlî's work had acquired in Al-Andalus and the Maghrib in Almohad times. Documents concerning the banning and destruiction of Al-Ghazzâlî's Ihyâ''ulûm al-dîn in Al-Andalus and North Africa are included in the book by Al-Maghrâwî, Al-Asbâb al-haqîqiyya li-harq ihyâ' 'ulûm al-dîn min qibali Amîr al-Mu'minîn Ibn Tâshufîn. Marrâkush, 2004.
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Lot details		 ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS -- AL-JAZŪLĪ. Dalâ'il al-khairat. Prayer-book superbly calligraphed in various colours in the early 20th or late 19th century by a scion from the well-known Al-Fâsî family, Muhammad ibn al-Tâlib ibn 'Abd al-Qâdir (...) ibn Yûsuf al-Fâsî. The manuscript was decorated in a sublime manner in the year 1419 Hijra (1998) by the contemporary Moroccan calligrapher 'Abd al-Karîm al-Wazzânî al-Hasanî from whose workshop in Rabat it was acquired. He also designed its fine Moroccan leather binding with flap. It was 64 fols. At the end there are some additional prayer-texts.
estimate EUR 2.000

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Lot details		 ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS -- AL-MUWWĀQ, Abû cAbd Allâh Muhammad al-cAbdarî, the last Mufti of Granada before its conquest by the Catholic Kings in 1492, Kitâb al-Tâj wa-'l-Iklîl li-Mukhtasar Khalîl (first volume, of an original set of 2 volumes, ending in the chapter on divorce). GAL S II 97, nr. 1d. MS of 283 fols. (in folio) in superb Andalusian-style calligraphy. Mod. hcf. (Margins of first 2 and last 4 lvs. rep., a bit soiled/stained throughout).
estimate EUR 3.500
result EUR 2.800
¶ The author died in Granada, in the month of Sha'bân of the year 897 (29 May 1492 - 26 June 1492), shortly after the Christian conquest of the city. On the author's life see Ahmad Bâbâ, Nayl al-ibtihâj, nr. 691. Though the manuscript is undated, in the eulogy used in the title of the book (fol. 1b) it is implied that the author was still alife at the time of the copying of the manuscript: "May God preserve His blessing and continue his well-being" ("Abqâ Allâhu barakatahu wa-adâma 'âfiyatahu"). In addition, also the manuscript's watermark suggests a dating near the end of the 15th century. This watermark consists of a "Hand with Glove", No. 1299 in G. Piccard, Wasserzeichen Hand + Handschuh, Stuttgart 1997. The specimen adduced by Piccard is in a document from Neuenburg, dated 1499 A.D. The data available concerning the year and place of death of the author imply that the manuscript must be dated around the year 1490 A.D. and attributed to Granada, shortly before its fall into the hands of the Catholic Kings, or to nearby Morocco, where many refugees from Granada had settled in the late 15th century. This extensive commentary on Al-Khalil's (d. 767/1365) compendium of Malikite law was printed in the margin of Al-Khattâb's (d. 953/1546) commentary Mawâhib al-Jalîl fi Sharh Mukhtasar al-Shaykh Khalil (Cairo, 1328 H).
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Lot details		 ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS -- AL-TAMKRŪTĪ (d. 1003/1593-4), Al-Nafha al-miskiyya fî al-sifâra al-turkiyya. Account of an early diplomatic mission from Morocco to Istanbul, 1589-1591. The text of the travelogue figures on fols. 4b-36a of the manuscript. It is preceded by quotations from lost parts of al-Fishtâlîs (d. 1612) Sa'did chronicle, Manâhil al-safâ and followed on fols. 37a-48b by various literary extracts. It is followed by an appendix (fols. 37a-47b) containing an extract of additional notes by the author with stories and literary anecdotes etcetera he heard from people he met during this journey. The scribe and epitomist, whose name is, as explained in the colophon on fol. 47b, Yahyâ ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrâhîm ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn 'Alî al-Jaznâ'î nasaban (by genealogy) al-Dar'î dâran (by residence; living in Ouadi Dra, like the author had done), completed his work on 20 Shawwâl 1053(1644). Mod. hcf. binding. (Some wormholes, with loss of tiny parts of text).
estimate EUR 3.500
result EUR 3.300
¶ This manuscript allows for many corrections of the text translated by De Castries, En-Nafhat al-Miskiya fi-s-sifarat et-tourkiya. Relation d'une ambassade marocaine en Turquie 1589-1591 par Abou-l Hasan Ali ben Mohammed et-Tamgrouti. Traduite et annotée par ---. Paris: Paul Geuthner, 1929. (The Arabic original was published separately, in facsimile, without place and year, 189 pp. A copy of that edition is in the Leiden University Library, Nr. 8120 A1). The Arabic manuscript of which De Castries published a modern transcript, contains the same abbreviated text as the present manuscript, though of an inferior quality and without the condensed additional materials of fols. 37a-47b. MS dated 29 Safar 1129 (1717). Al-Mannûnî, Masâdir, vol. 1, Nr. 301, refers to the manuscript used by De Castries, but knows no second manuscript of this text.
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Lot details		 ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS -- MAJMŪCA of two Andalusian works on hisba (inspection of the market and maintenance of public morals). Late 15th century manuscript). 106 fols., all in one handwriting; undated, watermark closely similar to Briquet, vol. 4, No. 11157 (a hand with a six-foiled flower, A.D. 1479). (1) fols. 1a-70b: Kitâb al-Ihtisâb of al-Saqatî al-Mâlaqî (ca. 500/1100); (2) fols. 71a-106b: Kitâb mushtamil calâ anwâc al-hisba by Ahmad ibn cAbd Allâh ibn cAbd al-Ra'ûf [Al-Qurtubî]. Ends abruptly. Mod. hcf. bind. (Occas. a bit stained, repairs in places).
estimate EUR 2.500
result EUR 2.800
¶ Printed edition of both texts in Trois traités hispaniques de hisba d'Ibn 'Abdûn, d'Ibn 'Abd al-Ra'ûf et de 'Umar al-Garsîfî; publ. avec une introd. et un glossaire par évariste Lévi-Provencal. Le Caire: Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, 1955. (Documents arabes inédits sur la vie sociale et économique en occident musulman au moyen âge; sér. 1). The text of Al-Mâlaqî was published earlier by Colin and Lévi-Provencal in Cairo, 1931.
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Lot details		 ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS -- MUHAMMAD al-Saghîr Al-Ifrânî (d. ca. 1743), Nuzhat al-hâdî fî akhbâr al-qarn al-hâdî. Chronicle focusing on the Sa'did Sultans of Morocco in the 16th and 17th century. Manuscript of 178 fols. On European paper with watermark "J. Whatman, 1834". The colophon has no date, but the first page has the following annotation in the handwriting of the scribe of the manuscript: "Al-Hamdu li-'llâhi; mallakahu Allâhu li-kâtibihi 'ubayd rabbihi ta['âlâ], Muhammad ibn Idrîs bi-al-intisâkh fî sanat 1253 (inta)h(â)": "Praise be to God; granted by God as a [lawful] property to its writer, the humble servant of his Exalted Lord, Muhammad ibn Idrîs, through the act of copying, in the year 1253 (=1837). End of note." The scribe can be identitified with Muhammad ibn Idrîs al-'Amrâwî al-Fâsî, copyist, scribe, secretary, poet, and finally minister and prime minister in the service of Sultan Moulay 'Abd al-Rahmân. He died in 1264/1847. Bound in its original brown leather bind. with flap, decorated with guilt frames and red lacquer medaillons. The acidity of the dark ink of the outer frames of the text affected some of the manuscript's paper leaves, but without any loss or dam. of the text. Written in a neat, but elegant and clear script, with a sophisticated lay-out, using different colours and larger types of script for rubrics (names of authors and titles of books quoted, etc.).
estimate EUR 2.500
result EUR 2.000
¶ This work deals with the 16th century history of the Sa'did dynasty in Morocco in its first 53 sections (circa two thirds of the book), up till and including the reign of Sultan Al-Mansûr al-Dhahabî who is the main protagonist of this part of the work and died in 1012/1603. In the second part, comprising 22 sections, the author deals with the period between death of Al-Mansûr and the ascension of the shurafâ' (descendants of Muhamad) from Sijilmâssa who founded the Alawite dynasty. These sections deal among others with the role of the Dilâ'iyya lodge and its leader Al-'Ayyâshî in this period of transition. In the third and last part, the author deals in 6 sections with the early history of the Alawite dynasty, ending with the reign of Sultan Moulay Ismâ'îl who assumed power in 1081/1671, and whom the author puts on one line with the great Sultan al-Mansûr al-Dhahabî. This paralel between both rulers is so important, that the work can be seen as a kind of preparatory and introductory study for a biography of Sultan Ismâ'îl. The author completed his work in 1139/1726. Literature: EI (2nd edition), s.v. Al-Ifrânî. The work has enjoyed continuous attention and recognition as one of the major sources of Moroccan history during the Sa'did dynasty, both from Moroccan and European scholars. In addition to the 24 manuscripts mentioned by 'Abd al-Latîf al-Shâdhilî in his printed edition of the work (Casablanca, 1998/1419), there exist an undated lithographic edition from Fes, as well as a printed edition together with a French translation by Houdas (1888-9). Of the edition and translation by Houdas, an undated offset reprint was published by Maktabat al-Talib in Rabat (Morocco). See also Brockelmann, GAL II 457, and GAL S II 681-682, and Lévi-Provencal, Les historiens des chorfa, 120ff.
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Lot details		 ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS -- SĪRAT al-MUJĀHIDĪN wa-Abtâl al-Muwahhidîn al-Amîr Dhi 'l-Himma. 2 vols. of a rare 19th century manuscript of this Arabic heroic epos. Mod. hcf. binds.
estimate EUR 1.500
result EUR 1.200
¶ The text of volume 1 corresponds to the edition of Beyrouth 1980, vol. 1, pp. 191-355; the text of volume 2 contains large sections of volume 7 of the same Beyrouth edition. As is usually the case in this type of literature, the manuscripts show considerable textual differences, both in the prose-texts and in the poetry, with the printed edition. The type of script resembles MS BN Paris 4745, as reproduced by Claudia Ott, Metamorphosen des Epos Sîrat al-Mugâhidîn (Sîrat al-Amîra Dhât al-Himma) zwischen Mündlichkeit und Schriftlichkeit (Leiden: CNWS, 2003), Plate XXXII (dated 1275/1859). In very good condition.
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Lot details		 ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS -- TWO BERBER MANUSCRIPTS. (1) k. Awzâl (164 fols.) dated 18 Ramadan 1242 Hijra and copied by Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Sujadânî. Together with several other texts in poetry and prose in several handwritings (early 20th century). Cont. leather binding with flap, with old authentic repairs. (2) Sharh Sîdî Muhammad ibn 'Alî Awzalî 'alâ 'ilm il-zîlû al-mansûb li-Sîdî l-Hasan 'Mbârak, manuscript of 64 leaves copied by Sa'îd ibn 'Abd al-Rahmân ibn Sa'îd ibn Humu al-Rahâlî al-Aqârî in 1328 Hijra. Cont. leather binding with flap. (Old authentic repairs).
estimate EUR 1.500
result EUR 1.600

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1300 ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS -- WEST-AFRICAN COLLECTION of texts, early 19th c., preserved in their authentic leather wrapper w. simple blindstamped decorations, w. references to the Tijâniyya tarîqa as well as the Caliphate of Sokoto (Nigeria). W. a detailed .description by the 19th c. Dutch arabist Gerlof v. Vloten (1866-1903). According to a note of Van Vloten, the manuscript belonged to a certain "Bauer collection". It might in fact have belonged to Marius Bauer (1867-1932), the leading Orientalist painter of the Netherlands. Loose sheets. (Texts affected by wear and tear throughout, incl. waterstains, occasionally affecting legibility. Various West-African scripts. Some sheets larger than the leather wrapper).
estimate EUR 2.000
result EUR 2.200
¶ Contents: The following data are an extract of Van Vloten's survey (dating back to 1894) with some information added: (1) Fragment of a grammatical poem on idghâm; (2) names of plants, some of these in an African language; (3)an urjûza entitled Mubârak al-ibtidâ' maymûn al-intihâ' contaning the Mukhtasar on logic by Shaykh al-Sanûsî with abundant marginal comments, copied by Ibrâhîm ibn 'Uthmân ibn 'Umar ibn Mûd Nal (apparently a son of the author mentioned under nr. 4), 16 fols; followed by a poem of one folio (17) by a certain Muhnaq (?) Bâba on the "muwajjahât" (dealing with logical categories); this text is followed in this little bundle by an anonymous treatise concerning the salât, on fols. 18-32b (incomplete at the end); (4) commentary on a poem in honour of the Prophet, entitled Sharh al-hamziyya fî madh khayr al-bariyya, composed and written down by 'Uthmân ibn 'Umar ibn Nal Mûd (?), autograph dated Rabî' I, 1218 (March 18), 20 fols., incomplete at the beginning; (5) poem by a certain Mukhtâr ibn 'Abd Allâh ibn Mahmûd on the beauty of his beloved: (6) love poems; (7) a piece in an African language (Haussa dialect?); (8) and one folio of a poem on the technical terms of Tradition by a certain Abû Bakr ibn Ahmad; (9) useful prayers according to the old tradition; (10) poem entitled Shamsiyyat al-ikhwâni fî wirdi shaykhî Ahmad al-Tîjânî, explaining the spiritual virtues of the prayer (wird) prescribed by Shaykh Al-Tîjânî (complete text in 7 fols; this urjûza not mentioned in GAL); (11) kitâb diyâ'al-umarâ', about the rights and duties of the emirs; (12) various fragments, a.o. on hajj, articles of faith, etcetera; (13) letter with admonitions of Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Tîjânî to the brothers of the lodge (3 fols.); fragment of 7 fols. With comments on a didactical poem concerning basic mystical and religious duties; (14) loose prayers, magic formulas, etcetera; (15) two pieces with historical references to 'Uthmân ibn Fûdî, amîr al-mu'minîn, and his son Muhammad Bello (cf. Barth, Reisen in Afrika, IV, 152ff; (16) correspondence (dating back to the years 1820-1830) of a religious leader, a certain Hâjj Sa'îd, with historical references, among others to a battle with the "Infidels" (Van Vloten provides a complete Dutch translation of one of these letters); (17) poem in praise of the Prophet in Fulânî, anonymous, 4 fols. Concerning the value of the collection, Van Vloten concluded the following: "For us it does not have much value. Perhaps it would for somebody who is occupied with the (Western, vK) Sudan, although I doubt that, as well. I would lay them back on your little oriental reading table and smoke a pipe with it, look at it and think: I am 'Uthmân ibn Fûdî! Was-Salâm. GvVloten".
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Lot details		 DEKEN, AAGJE -- HUWELIJKSBOEK van Hendrik Reinhart (1751-1805) en Maria Elizabeth Schreuder (1752-79), 7 april 1776. Manuscript op 37 bladen, geschreven door meerdere handen (o.a. door Aagje Deken). 4º. Cont. kartonnen band beplakt met brokaatpapier, goud op snee. Los in een recentere gebatikte stofomslag. (Rug gedeeltelijk beschadigd).
estimate EUR 2.500
result EUR 2.000
¶ Huwelijksboek met twee bijdragen van Aagje Deken (1741-1804). 1: 11 pagina's tellend lofgedicht op het bruidspaar in een prachtig en subliem gekalligrafeerd handschrift; 2: 'Afscheid'. Gedicht op de laatste twee pagina's. - Verdere bijdragen door het bruidspaar zelf, Maria Schreuder, Frederik Isaac Schreuder, Catharina Schreuder-Vos, M.L. Griethuizen-Carelius, Egbertina Rebecka Teyler, Hendrik Brisserus, J. Broeckhoff, Jan Everhard Grave, Jan Lugt Dirksz. "Maria Elizabeth Schreuder (geb. Amsterdam 20-9-1752 - begr. Amsterdam 26-8-1779), piëtistisch dichteres, schrijfster van godsdienstige brieven. (...) Zij groeide op in een gereformeerd piëtistisch milieu. Na het overlijden van haar vader in 1769 woonde zij conventikels bij, huiselijke godsdienstige bijeenkomsten, waar intensieve gesprekken over een vrome levenswijze en godsdienstige vriendschap haar persoonlijk leven beïnvloedden. (...). In de conventikels leerde Maria Elizabeth Schreuder de ruim tien jaar oudere Agatha Deken, haar vriendin Maria Bosch en Hendrik Reinhart kennen. Hendriks bekering tot God - na niet nader toegelichte jeugdzonden - was voor de drie vrouwen een voorbeeld. (...) In de jaren rond 1770 schreef Schreuder gelegenheidspoëzie en godsdienstige gedichten, in handschrift bijeengebracht in haar 'Schrijfboek'. Drie van die gedichten zijn opgenomen in de bundel Stichtelyke gedichten (1775) van Maria Bosch en Agatha Deken. Een daarvan is het openingsgedicht, waarin zij Deken prijst om haar moed om na de dood van Bosch (in 1773) haar gedichten postuum uit te geven. (...) Maria Elizabeth Schreuder en Agatha Deken zouden enige jaren een hechte, piëtistisch georiënteerde relatie onderhouden. Zij geloofden dat hun vriendschap na de dood voortgezet kon worden. Van de 28 brieven in Schreuders brievenboek ('Copyboek') zijn er zestien aan Deken gericht." (www.inghist.nl). - Dit manuscript is niet genoemd in Buijnsters.
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1302 GRONINGEN -- KOOPAKTE voor een achtste deel nieuw ingepolderd land te Goldhoorn, met verplichting om de (aan te leggen) wegen en dijken samen met andere kopers te onderhouden. 460 x 320 mm. Manuscript op perkament, met groot zegel v. grietman R.T. Nauta. (Zegel besch., perkamenten strook met zegel los). - Betreft de in 1769 ingedijkte Oostwolderpolder. Enkele namen: Rengers, v. Lintelo, Tijmens, Nannes. Met typoscript van de tekst.
estimate EUR 100
result EUR 90
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Lot details		 KALLIGRAFIE -- BRUYNNE, François de. Cierlijke Schatkamer gestoffeert en opgepronkt met een bloemekrans van allerhande soorten van Geschriften ordentelik samen gestelt tot nut van de liefhebbers. Amst., ca. 1665-1718. 55 voor het grootste deel kalligrafische voorbeelden, voornamelijk geschreven op oblong vellen perkament, sommige ook in combinatie met pentekeningen. Vastgezet in een album, vaak twee op één blad. Gr-fol. Kalfslederen band uit de tijd, rijk verguld. (Band een beetje geschaafd/beschadigd, vooral op hoeken en aan rug).
estimate EUR 5.000
result EUR 9.500
¶ Over de maker van dit album is niet veel bekend. Op het titelblad presenteert De Bruynne zich als Italiaans boekhouder, schrijfmeester en "Rekenaar in de Artithmetica" in Amsterdam. Op een ander blad, gedateerd 1673, is hij 28 jaar oud. Behalve kalligrafische proeven bevat het album ook 6 portretten van Willem III en zijn vrouw ('William and Mary'), een Armeens alfabet en 2 knipkunstbladen die zijn vastgezet op blauw papier. De gekalligrafeerde teksten zijn citaten uit de bijbel, spreuken en wijsheden, lofgedichten, etc.
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1304 MAASTRICHT -- CRAHAY FAMILIE -- REGISTER der Huijsen, Landen, Renten en Capitaalen toebehoorende aan Henr. Wilh. Crahaij weduwnaar van wijlen Maria Anna Ruleaux, vernieuwt den 15. Julij 1807. (1807-44). Hs. op 95 bladen. Fol. Mod. half linnen band.
estimate EUR 100
result EUR 190
¶ Henricus Wilhelmus Crahay (1747-1832) was notaris te Maastricht en in 1803 werd hij benoemd tot president van de rechtbank te Maastricht. Dit handschrift bevat de administratie van alle huur/pacht-opbrengsten van de huizen en landerijen die in het bezit zijn van de familie Crahay: Een aantal panden op de Grote Gracht, een aantal panden in de Brusselsestraat, de Nieuwstraat, de Munt, Helmstraat, etc. en diverse boenders land. Op het een na laatste blad bevindt zich de 'Familie Tafel' en op het laatste blad een 'korte beschrijving der bezonderste ampten en bedieningen, die ik binnen deze stad successive bekleed heb.' - Cf. NBW 3, 230.
1305 ROBINSON, Frederick. The Projection of the Sphere. (Great Britain?, 1797-1798). Manuscript 23,5 x 19 cm. (2), 179, (1) pp. W. 1 fold. leaf w. 13 diagrams, incl. 3 three-dimensional ones, num. diagrams in text, some full-p., some w. diff. colours of ink. 4º. Cont. vellum. (Bind. warped, fold. leaf torn along fold, hardly affecting illustration, minor hole in p. 4 very slightly affecting text).
estimate EUR 3.000
¶ Beautifully written and lavishly illustrated manuscript on trigonometry with calligraphic headings. The author opens with general definitions of different types of projections (pp. 1-4), and proceeds with discussing three types, orthographic (pp. 5-23), stereographic (pp. 24-73), and gnomonical (pp. 74-179). Each section starts with propositions followed by several trigonometrical problems. There are numerous accurately drawn diagrams to illustrate the text. They are mostly small, but some are full-page. In some diagrams the author used coloured inks to highlight particular sections and/or lines. Three diagrams on the folding leaf have pasted parts that can be unfolded to create three-dimensional figures. The handwriting is clear and the manuscript's attraction is heightened by the calligraphy of the headings that have been written in different alphabets, see for instance the heading Spherical Trigonometry on p. 74, written with roman capitals, a fraktura and embellished with a bird. Some headings are written in black ink whereas brown ink has been used throughout in the text. The note on the inside front cover reads "Frederic Robinson, December 19th 1797." This information is repeated on p. 1, "Dec. 19 1797 FR.P., and the completion date is written at the end of the text on p. 179 "Oct.r 12th 1798," likewise repeated on the reverse. We were unable to find any information on Robinson. A pencil note on the inside of the back cover states that he was an English professor for mathematics, who lived from 1746 till 1825.
1306 THEOLOGY -- EX THEOLOGIA DOGMATICO MORALI (...). (c. 1763). Manuscript in Latin on 374 numb. pp. Fol. Cont. vellum. (Bind. a bit warped & stained, first two lvs. partly stained, a few marg. (ink)stains).
estimate EUR 150
result EUR 70
¶ This manuscript in a neat hand seems to contain numerous lecture notes/treatises (?), mainly on the dogmatic and moral theories and studies of Thomas Aquinas. On the back side of the binding is largely written: "1763 Meinardi" (this might be the name of the author). The year 1763 also occurs several times in the text, at the end of a chapter.
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Lot details		 ZEELAND -- HENGSTDIJK -- (HATTINGA, D.W.C.). Kaart en evering-boek der parochie van Heynsdyck (en) der parochie en polder van St. Pauwelspolder. (Hulst, 1 december 1766). 2 dln in 1 bd. (4), 125; (4), 111 fols. Met 20 groot formaat manuscriptkaarten (360 x 470 mm), alle handgekleurd. Fol. Cont. perkament. (Boekblok praktisch los in beschad. band, kaarten ook losgekomen van 'kimmetjes', plaatselijk wat vochtschade, lichte schimmelvorming door het hele werk, maar het minst in de kaarten). -- Bijgevoegd: Id. Soortgelijk everingboek, gedateerd 2 augustus 1779. (4), 243 fols. Zonder kaarten, maar met dezelfde kadastrale nummering als in eerstgenoemde (wellicht dus steunend op dezelfde kaarten?). Fol. In cont. leren band. (Band en inhoud in slechte staat). -- (2).
estimate EUR 3.800
result EUR 4.400
¶ Kaartboek of everingboek met uitgebreide kadastrale gegevens van de parochie van Hengstdijk en Pauluspolder gemaakt door David Willem Coutry Hattinga (1730-1791). Als zoon van arts en landmeter Willem Tiberius Hattinga behoorde hij tot de bekendste landmeters van de 18de eeuw. Van 1747 tot 1763 diende hij in het leger als kapitein-ingenieur om zich in 1766 als zelfstandig landmeter in Staats Vlaanderen te vestigen. Op de rº-zijde van het laatstbeschreven blad van het eerste en tweede deel staat zijn naam. Daar staat ook, dat hij zich voor het vervaardigen van zijn kaarten baseerde op een kaartboek van Herman Pierssens die dezelfde gebieden al eens in 1671 in kaart had gebracht. Zeer interessant vanwege alle namen van pachters die genoemd worden en de sublieme kaarten (met windrozen en schaalaanduiding). - Cf. Koeman, Geschied. v.d. kartografie v. Nederland, p. 153 e.v.
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Lot details		 ZUID-HOLLAND -- OEGSTGEEST -- STUCK LANDTS, Het, in deesen afgebeeldt geleegen inde Heerlijckheijt van Oestgeest genaemt Het Camerveldt toebehoorende Sr. Philips van de Velde (...). 350 x 426 mm. (Bovenrand beschadigd, gedeeltelijk gevlekt zonder de leesbaarheid te hinderen).
estimate EUR 700
result EUR 850
¶ Gekleurde kadastrale manuscriptkaart op perkament, getekend en gesigneerd door Johannes Dou I (1615-1682) of Johannes Dou II (1642-1690) - beiden belangrijke landmeters - en gedateerd 2 October 1666. Afgebeeld is een perceel dat ten noordoosten grenst aan land van de heer "Justus Buijck", ten zuidwesten aan land van de heer "Van Straten" en ten westen aan land van de erven van "Harman Evertsz". Het heeft een oppervlak van 1666 Rijnlandse roeden. Bovenaan de kaart staat in kapitalen "IN OESTGEEST"; overige voorkomende namen: "Vaert Sloot", "Oestgeester Binne wegh", "Uijt Padt". Met windroos, schaalverdeling en cartouche. - Donkersloot-de Vrij, p. 195.
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